Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been off the blog for a while \u2013 too long.\u00a0 My apologies. \u201c Biggest Loser\u201d refers to how I\u2019ve felt.\u00a0 I should also say Happy Bronchitis and Merry Pneumonia to you as well, because I feel like I\u2019ve been playing catch-up on everything for the last 2 months due to being sick.\u00a0 Yeah, we got a little sick in our household.\u00a0 Luckily not the kids though (too much).\u00a0 I\u2019m not used to being sick.\u00a0 Rundown sick.\u00a0 Ugh, I -don\u2019t -want -to -get -off -the -couch sick.\u00a0 If I could I tried to surround myself on the couch so that everything is within arms reach \u2013 the remotes, my phone, newspapers, and magazines.\u00a0 Luckily for me I can\u2019t afford to be too sick, so I muddled through rather than wallow in it (check with my wife on the interpretation of wallowing) and I believe the corner has been turned.\u00a0 My apologies for my absence though.\u00a0 I appreciate that you\u2019ve all kept the rioting in the streets to a minimum (except you Iranian blog-fans!).<\/p>\n
But you don\u2019t want to hear me whine anyway.\u00a0 Hell, I don\u2019t want to hear me whine.\u00a0 Robin Williams used to have a joke (I think it was originally his at least) that said the reason why there were no Jewish evangelists is because if you were sick and you went to see one to ask him to heal you, he would just turn around and say; \u201cYour back? My knee!\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m sure it translates better if you picture me telling it wearing rainbow suspenders.<\/p>\n
Okay, enough of this sickness stuff, I\u2019ve got diabetes to talk about!\u00a0 I\u2019m really going to try to end this year on a good note and I feel like things are getting better.\u00a0 My numbers have been maintaining at a good level, which has been one of the bright spots during all this.\u00a0 And I\u2019m working on my list of New Year\u2019s resolutions. \u00a0I\u2019m going to create mini-lists every month \u2013 not too crazy, yet ambitious enough.\u00a0 Being silly with my twins will always be on the list, as will getting better about diet \u2013 not going ON a diet, just getting better at it.\u00a0 My past girlfriends like Jenny Craig and Seattle Sutton can attest that I\u2019m not good at maintaining those long-term relationships, but I can keep cutting out evil foods.\u00a0 It will be tough though because my axis- of- evil-foods aren\u2019t just a triangle, but some sort of dodecahedron (spelled that right on the first try!).\u00a0 I\u2019m going to work on it, I promise you \u2013 you hear that pizza, it\u2019s not you; it\u2019s me\u2026 and you.<\/p>\n
The great writer Nick Hornby used to have a column in The Believer where he lists \u201cbooks I\u2019ve bought\u201d (long list) and \u201cbooks I\u2019ve read\u201d (shorter list). \u00a0\u00a0I always considered it pretty brave of him to admit this, but in the same spirit of honesty I\u2019m going to make the difference between my list of goals for 2010 and my accomplishments for 2010 as minimal as possible.\u00a0 Stayed tuned for the list.\u00a0 Although the best thing might be to get rid of my comfortable couch.<\/p>\n
Happy & Healthy New Year to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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